COUNTY SUPERVISOR SAYS SHORTFALL REQUIRES TOUGH CUTS

With Santa Barbara County facing an unprecedented $90 million shortfall, newly elected 5th District Supervisor Steve Lavagnino didn’t have to be asked what would be his first order of business when he joins the board in January.

MAKING BEST OF HARD TIMES, ORCUTT CLOSES MAY GRISHAM

With declining enrollment, increasing costs and smaller state allotments in their budgets, the changes taking place in the Orcutt Unified School District may set the lead for other local districts to follow. ...

GUN SHOP OWNER AIMS TO BE ON TARGET

A SEAT AT THE TABLE

Valley bakery just wants one shot

Somewhere in antiquity, the timeless trifecta of meat, cheese and bread was created. And because the earliest archeological evidence of cheese production popped up more than 4,000 years ago, it seems a pretty safe bet that this classic has been around for a very long time.

LONG WAY BACK FOR KING OF THE COURT

It was a wet and rainy night, but Hailey King was eager to get on the court, to give her best in the game against Dos Pueblos. The basketball superstar jumped up to shoot a basket as a key player on the Pirate team, but she landed wrong –...